Meet our Finalists

 

We received 121 applications received from 22 countries – with over half of the solutions from applicants in countries in the Amazon region. These finalists were evaluated by panels of reviewers with expertise in mining, conservation science, and entrepreneurship and finalists were selected based on criteria including value proposition, sustainability, impact, and feasibility.

These twelve finalists are developing remarkable solutions to make artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Amazon more environmentally responsible and socially equitable.

 

+ Cleaner Mining Tools

Helicoid Concentrator

Mercury-free mining equipment that is a low maintenance, robust replacement for gravimetric tables that produces high-quality artisanal gold.

Gold Eco-Leaching

A system using an ecologically-safe liquid medium to replace mercury with non-toxic products to capture gold

Porous Polymer Sorbents

A chemically-selective membrane material to replace mercury in the gold mining process and decontaminate ASGM tailings.

+ Restoration & Remediation

Copper Plates

Copper Plates

A technique that uses silver-coated copper plates to decontaminate ASGM tailings.

DRAM Technology

DRAM Technology

A patented filtration system which is designed to remove contaminants such as heavy metals, organic, inorganic and biological compounds from various types of effluent water.

Micromax

Micromax

A bioferment using native microorganisms to provide bioremediation effects for waste products and water from mining.

Native Bamboos

Native Bamboos

A novel approach to restoring degraded ASM sites in Amazonia using native bamboos through vegetative and in vitro techniques.

+ Monitoring & Actionable Data

Community-Led Monitoring

Community-Led Monitoring

Smartphone-based reporting tools to facilitate an inclusive grievance system for local communities, and systematic documentation of safeguards, compliance, & illegalities in the artisanal mining supply chain.

Mining Impacts Calculator

Mining Impacts Calculator

A digital, economic valuation tool that allows users to calculate the socio-environmental costs of specific illegal gold mining activities for better decision-making and rule-setting.

+ Supply Chain Solutions

MAPE

ASM Progress App

A tool to automate and digitize the collection, analysis and measurement of compliance and indicators of risk management and good practices of ASM using international standards such as CRAFT and Fairmined.

RECPO

RECPO Online

A platform to allow users registered in the Special Registry of Gold Traders and Processors of Peru - RECPO to do an online registration of the sale and/or processing of gold from its suppliers and know the destination of the product.

SISSAI

Sissai

A model to support ASM producers and an association of women mineral selectors in being part of a blockchain traceability system, with the aim of motivating them to continue improving their standards, increase their production, and replicate the model with other organizations.

Next, the finalists will further develop and test their innovations with parters in the Amazon region through the Amazon CoLab.